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Atomic Weapons

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Atomic weapons, also known as nuclear weapons, are explosive devices that derive their destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or fusion. These weapons release vast amounts of energy, resulting in significant blast, heat, and radiation effects, and are primarily designed for use in warfare or as deterrents in military strategy.
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Atomic weapons, also known as nuclear weapons, are explosive devices that derive their destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or fusion. These weapons release vast amounts of energy, resulting in significant blast, heat, and radiation effects, and are primarily designed for use in warfare or as deterrents in military strategy.
Walther Gerlach’s numerous contributions to physics include precision measurements related to the black-body radiation (1912–1916) as well as the first-ever quantitative measurement of the radiation pressure (1923), apart from his key... more
Over 75 years after their creation, the Farm Hall transcripts remain a tantalizing source from the dawn of the atomic age in 1945. Declassified in 1992, the transcripts document ten prominent German nuclear physicists, including Werner... more
Międzynarodowe prawo kosmiczne, po latach stagnacji, staje przed nowymi wyzwaniami. Kolonizacja ciał niebieskich, górnictwo księżycowe i inna działalność ludzka w przestrzeni kosmicznej powodują zwrócenie uwagi na delimitację tejże... more
Artikel om atomvåben i NATO's strategi.
Artikel om det danske nej til atomvåben i 1957 med dokumentation af forløbet.
The technological development and strategic deployment of thermonuclear weapons had an underappreciated cultural impact upon the Anglo-American Special Relationship.
A terse overview of the strategic and political motivations behind the deployment of Fat Man and Little Boy during the Summer of 1945. Were the bombs' deployment political posturing on behalf of then-President Truman? Were ulterior... more
This book chapter investigates the ways in which nuclear science and technology figured in a variety of sculptural forms in early Cold-War Britain. First it shows how in the 1930s and 1940s constructivist sculptors, such as Barbara... more
Co-author: Iain Boal. This contribution to Camera Atomica, John O'Brian, ed. (London: Black Dog Publishing and Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015) constellates quotations, descriptions of social facts, and photographic images of various nuclear... more
Cały współczesny system prawny i instytucjonalny z zakresu broni nuklearne jest zbudowany na zarządzaniu, kontroli i umowach ukształtowanych w okresie zimnej wojny. Od momentu podpisania pierwszej umowy w 1963 r. wśród działań... more
One of President Barack Obama’s favorite solutions to reducing armed conflict in the world centers around his desire to rid the world of nuclear weapons. While this simplistic formula has certainly been voiced by other occupants of the... more
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